ICT-DM'2015 aims to bring together academics and practitioners who are involved in emergency services, ad hoc planning, disaster recovery, etc., to learn about the latest research developments, share experiences and information about this area and develop recommendations.

Authors are invited to submit manuscripts that present original unpublished research on using ICTs for detection, prevention, preparation, response and recovery of disasters. There will also be invited presentations by experts from academia, industry, and government as well as special sessions dedicated to case studies, demonstrations and experiences based on pragmatic approaches. In this way, the conference will provide a forum for supporting and encouraging both academic researchers and practitioners involved in application focused research.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following scope:

Submitted papers must represent original material that is not currently under review in any other conference or journal, and has not been previously published. Paper length should not exceed eight-pages (10-point font).

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This position is defined in the context of the recently started Ariadna
study at the computer science department of the university of Liverpool, in
collaboration with the Advanced Concepts Team (ACT) of the European Space
Agency (ESA): 'Game Theoretic Analysis of the Space debris Removal
Dilemma' This study aims to analyse space debris removal activities from a
strategic, game-theoretical perspective. Space debris is defined as
non-manoeuvrable, human-made objects orbiting Earth. In some orbits, space
debris poses a significant collision risk for an operational spacecraft,
especially in low-Earth orbit (LEO). Currently, there are more than 23,000
objects larger than 5-10cm in Earth orbit.

Within the Clean Space initiative ESA is investigating active debris
removal in addition to mitigation measures to keep the growth of space
debris limited. In cooperation with the national space agencies and
industry partners, ESA is developing mission concepts to clean up and
deorbit space debris. This study contributes to this initiative.
Specifically, the objective is three-fold, one, to model debris
accumulation and active removal efforts as a dynamic game, two, to
determine the optimal time-dependent policies or behaviour assuming both
cooperative and self-interested players, and three, to propose a mechanism
to steer the dynamics of the game to a desirable outcome. It is expected
that such a study will provide a deeper understanding of the space debris
problem and its potential (economic) ramifications, and will provide an
outlook on potential game-theoretic solution strategies.

The candidate must have a passionate interest in game theory and/or machine
learning, and an interest in space applications.

Prospective candidates must have at least a 2.1 or above Bachelor degree in
a relevant subject (Computer science, Physics, Economics) and should enjoy
mathematical work. Good programming skills are required.

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OPODIS is an open forum for the exchange of knowledge on distributedcomputing and distributed computer systems. All aspects of distributedsystems are within the scope of OPODIS, including theory, specification,design, performance, and system building. With strong roots in thetheory of distributed systems, OPODIS covers nowadays the whole rangebetween the theoretical aspects and practical implementations ofdistributed systems, as well as experimentation and quantitativeassessments.

OPODIS 2015 will have post-proceedings available after the conference,which allows for modifications based on the discussion during theconference. Preliminary versions of the proceedings will be availableto participants at the conference electronically.

The proceedings will be published by LIPIcs: Leibniz International Proceedings in Informaticshttp://www.dagstuhl.de/en/publications/lipicsLIPIcs proceedings are available online and free of charge, in the model ofGold Open Access.

Selected papers from the conference will be invited to the followingjournals:-Theoretical Computer Science (Elsevier)-Computing (Springer)-Operating Systems Review (ACM SIGOPS)

OPODIS 2015 will feature selected tutorials, covering research subjectsin the scope of the conference.

Experts in the domains covered by OPODIS are invited to share theirexpertise with the community by submitting proposals for tutorials. Theduration of a tutorial is one session (90 to 120 minutes), includingtime for questions.

A tutorial proposal should not exceed three (3) pages in length using a11pt font size. It must include the following information:

-The title of the tutorial;-An abstract of the tutorial content;-A brief statement of the relevance of the tutorial to OPODIS;-The name(s), e-mail address(es) and affiliation(s) of the presenter(s);-The biography and relevant publications of the presenter(s);-If the authors will consider submitting an abstract of the tutorial (see below);-When applicable, if and where the tutorial has already been given inthe past.

Presenters of tutorials will be given the possibility to publish anextended abstract of the tutorial content in the proceedings of theconference. Such extended abstracts are encouraged but optional, andwill have to be accepted through peer review before inclusion.

The selection will be based on a combination of interest in content fromthe perspective and the topics of OPODIS, the timeliness and thepotential to attract or establish new communities, and the proposedorganization.

*BEST PAPER AWARD*

Starting with this edition, OPODIS will feature a "Best Paper" Award.All papers accepted for presentation at the conference will be evaluatedby the award committee. The Best Paper Award aims to encourage work thatbest combines theory and practice, and demonstrates excellence ofresearch in at least one of the two. This might be, for instance, anadvance in theory work that solves a real system issue, or an advance insystems that builds upon theoretical results. The award committee maydecide to decline to confer the award, or to split it among more thanone recipient.

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TU Wien, TU Graz, and JKU Linz are seeking exceptionally talented and
motivated students for their joint doctoral program LogiCS. The LogiCS
doctoral college focuses on interdisciplinary research topics covering

(i) computational logic, and applications of logic to
(ii) databases and artificial intelligence as well as to
(iii) computer-aided verification.

THE PROGRAM

LogiCS is a doctoral college focusing on logic and its applications in
computer science. Successful applicants will work with and be
supervised by leading researchers in the fields of computational
logic, databases and knowledge representation, and computer-aided
verification.

The LogiCS faculty comprises 15 renowned researchers with strong
records in research, teaching and advising, complemented by 12
associated members who further strengthen the research and teaching
activities of the college.

We are looking for 1 doctoral students per faculty member, where 30%
of the positions are reserved for highly qualified female candidates.
The doctoral positions are funded for a period of 3 years according to
the funding scheme of the Austrian Science Fund (details:
http://www.fwf.ac.at/de/forschungsfoerderung/personalkostensaetze/)
The funding can be extended for one additional year contingent on a
placement at one of our international partner institutions.

CURRENT RESEACH AREAS

At the moment we are particularly looking for people in the following areas:

The applicants are expected to have completed an excellent diploma or
master's degree in computer science, mathematics, or a related field.
Candidates with comparable achievements will be considered on a
case-by-case basis. Applications by the candidates need to be
submitted electronically.

The Austrian cities Vienna, Graz, and Linz, located close to the Alps
and surrounded by beautiful nature, provide an exceptionally high
quality of life, with a vibrant cultural scene, numerous cultural
events, world-famous historical sites, a large international
community, a varied cuisine and famous coffee houses.

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Submission Deadline open from now until June 20, 2015Notification of Acceptance June 20, 2015 or 3 weeks from the submission dateCamera Ready Submission July 05, 2015Registration Deadline July 05, 2015, It is recommended to do it few daysbeforeConference Dates July 20-22, 2015

- Researchers are encouraged to submit their work electronically. Fullpaper must be submitted (Abstracts are not acceptable).- Submitted paper should not exceed 15 pages, including illustrations. Allpapers must be without page numbers.- Papers should be submitted electronically as pdf format without author(s)name.- Paper submission link:http://sdiwc.net/conferences/icia2015/openconf/openconf.php

All registered papers will be included in SDIWC Digital Library==============================================================

The conference aims to enable researchers build connections betweendifferent digital applications. The event will be held over three days,with presentations delivered by researchers from the internationalcommunity, including presentations from keynote speakers andstate-of-the-art lectures.

Researchers are encouraged to submit their work electronically. All paperswill be fully refereed by a minimum of two specialized referees. Beforefinal acceptance, all referees comments must be considered.

Best selected papers will be published in one of the following specialissues provided that the author do major improvements and extension withinthe time frame that will be set by the conference and his/her paper isapproved by the chief editor:

International Journal of New Computer Architectures and their Applications(IJNCAA)International Journal of Digital Information and Wireless Communications(IJDIWC)International Journal of Cyber-Security and Digital Forensics (IJCSDF)International Journal of E-Learning and Educational Technologies in theDigital Media (IJEETDM)

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The widespread adoption of digitization has opened the way to gathering large amounts of data that record detailed information for many systems of interest. Examples include telecommunication networks, online social-media platforms, and biological systems. Many of these systems are typically represented as networks, and graph-theoretic techniques are used to analyze the available data. Furthermore, as our data-gathering capacity has increased, it is now possible to collect data the record not only a static aggregate view of the underlying network, but a continuous stream of events that captures the full dynamic behavior of the network. Such events may take the form of structural changes, or they may encode different types of actions and interactions performed by the network entities. This view of time-evolving networks poses new challenges and opens new research directions. The objective is to develop the theoretical foundations and to design the algorithmic principles that !
will allow to efficiently manage and analyze such evolving networks. This special issue of Internet Mathematics invites original research papers on algorithmic and mathematical methods for modeling, processing, and analyzing evolving networks. The topics of interest include but are not limited to

Papers that have previously appeared in peer-reviewed conferences may be submitted, provided that significant extensions and additional non-trivial contributions are presented. In the latter case, submissions should be accompanied by a cover letter summarizing the additional contributions with respect to the earlier conference version.

The papers should be prepared and submitted according to the general guidelines for authors of Internet Mathematics. Please indicate in your submission that the paper is submitted for the special issue.

Aristides Gionis, Aalto University
Suresh Venkatasubramanian, University of Utah

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ICDCN is a premier international conference dedicated to addressing
advances in Distributed Computing and Communication Networks, which over
the years, has become a leading forum for disseminating the latest research
results in these fields. The 17th edition of this international conference
will be organized in Singapore, with joint participation from Singapore
Management University (SMU) and National University of Singapore (NUS).
Singapore is one of Asia's most vibrant cities with many activities all
year round, and is often called a garden city due to its beautiful city
landscape. Singapore boasts of several world-class universities and
research institutes, has an outstanding transportation and hospitality
infrastructure and is rated as one of the top-5 convention centers in the
world.

ICDCN 2016 will be organized in two tracks: Distributed Computing and
Networking, and will comprise a highly selective technical program
consisting of refereed concise papers, panel discussions as well as focused
workshops on emerging topics. Conference proceedings will be published in
the ACM Digital Library (pending final approval).

Papers describing original research work and practical
experiences/experimental results are solicited on topics that tentatively
include, but are not limited to:

ICDCN 2016 will be soliciting submissions as either regular or short
(concise contribution) papers. At least one author of each accepted paper
must register for the conference and present the paper.

Regular Papers should not exceed 10 pages double column including figures,
tables, and references in standard ACM format. Additional details may be
included in a clearly-marked appendix (containing all technical ideas and
proofs necessary for an expert to fully verify the claims of the paper)
that will be read at the discretion of the program committee. Papers must
be submitted electronically in printable PDF form via the EasyChair
submission management system. Some papers not accepted as regular papers
may be accepted as "concise papers" with 4 pages in the proceedings while
full papers will be allowed 10 pages.

Best Paper Award: The ICDCN TPC plans to award a Best Paper Award,
independently for each of the two tracks. This award will be based on the
paper's technical merit, the opinions of the reviewers AND the presentation
quality at the conference.

Special Issue: The authors of selected best papers in the Distributed
Computing track will be invited to submit an extended version of their
paper for publication in Theoretical Computer Science (TCS - A) journal,
Elsevier. The authors of selected best papers in the Networking track will
be invited to submit an extended version of their paper for publication in
Pervasive and Mobile Computing (PMC), journal, Elsevier.

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Electricity generation and consumption are always considered as a ''hot topic'' for governments, economists, ecologists, and scientists. Indeed, in spite of modern power generator technologies, the energy consumption increase defines new challenges for power producers and electricity providers. Because supply and demand for electricity must balance in real-time, rapid changes in demand create operational challenges for the electric system.

The aim of the project is to solve a joint pricing and design problem of energy services in a competitive environment for residential demand side management. More precisely, the objective is twofold : generate revenue for an energy provider and encourage the customers to individually and voluntarily reduce their consumption at peak periods. A bi-level approach is considered to take explicitly into account the strategic behavior of consumers into the optimization process.

EDF has to define new product offer to its industrial customers (tarifs jaunes et verts). In this framework the thesis will be a real challenge.

Thesis goals

The goals of the thesis are twofold. First the student will have to define appropriate models for the problem in a monopolistic and competitive environment. A close collaboration with practitioners (Direction Economie Prix et Tarif) will be required. Next the solution algorithms will have to be developed and tested.

Skills

Optimization Background, Coding in C++ or java,

Economical knowledge will be an add value.

Environment and Timing

The thesis will start october 2015 and will take place at INRIA Lille, EDF Lab at Saclay and PGMO lab at l'Ecole Polytechnique.

For any further information feel free to contact Luce Brotcorne or Sébastien Lepaul.

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ALGOSENSORS is an international symposium dedicated to the algorithmic aspects of wireless networks. Originally focused on sensor networks, it now covers algorithmic issues arising in wireless networks of all types of computational entities, static or mobile, including sensor networks, sensor-actuator networks, autonomous robots. The focus is on the design and analysis of algorithms, models of computation, and experimental analysis.

This year ALGOSENSORS has three tracks:Distributed & MobileExperiments & ApplicationsWireless & Geometry

As in previous years, the proceedings of ALGOSENSORS will be published by Springer-Verlag as a volume of the LNCS series. Selected papers will be invited to a special issue of the Journal Theoretical Computer Science.

Full papers are to be submitted electronically using the EasyChair server at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=algosensors2015. Original research papers must contain results that have not previously appeared and have not been concurrently submitted to a journal or conference with published proceedings. Each paper should select one of the three tracks (Distributed & Mobile, Experiments & Applications, or Wireless & Geometry) for submission. Authors need to ensure that for each accepted paper at least one author will register and attend the symposium. Submissions are limited to twelve (12) single-column pages in the LNCS format (see LNCS author guidelines at http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0). This includes figures, but excludes references and an optional appendix (to be read at the program committee's discretion).

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* SCOPE: The twelfth annual IEEE SECON conference will take place at the Edgewater Hotel in Seattle and will provide a unique forum to exchange innovative research ideas, recent results, and share experiences among researchers and practitioners in wireless networks and mobile systems. The focus of IEEE SECON is novel communication technologies and emerging applications and services, involving mobile sensing and communication, and ubiquitous and pervasive computing. In addition to the traditional topics published in SECON, this year the conference especially brings papers in emerging applications and services in areas related to Internet of Things, 5G, small cells, wearable computing, and Software Defined Networking for mobile and wireless networks.

* KEYNOTE TALKS: 1) Dr. Mani Srivastava (Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA). Talk titled "Towards a Trustworthy Pervasive Sensing Substrate for the IoT Era" and 2) Dr. Ramesh Govindan (Professor at the University of Southern California, USA). Talk titled "The Quantified Car: The Next Big Thing in Networked Sensing?". Speaker bio and talk abstracts can be found at http://secon2015.ieee-secon.org/content/keynote

* TECHNICAL PROGRAM: 55 papers have been accepted for presentation and for publication in the conference proceedings. The complete list of accepted papers can be found on-line at the conference web page: http://secon2015.ieee-secon.org/program

* PANEL: The panel, moderated by Prof. Raju Pandey (UC Davis and Synapsense Inc., USA) will provide discussion on "Security and Privacy concerns in deployment of IoT" and will be held on 23rd June, 2015.

* Workshops: IEEE SECON 2015 features two workshops to be held on June 22, 2015:1. The IEEE Security and Privacy concerns in deployment of IoT 2015 aims to provide a forum for academic researchers and industrial experts leveraging past experience in sensor networks, P2P and MANET research, incorporing the latest advances in devices, network systems, and data science to reshape the "balance of power" in the ecosystem of computing and networking.

2. The IEEE Smart Wireless Access Networks for Smart cITY (SWANSITY) 2015 aims to cover related topics on how devise a city-wide networking infrastructure capable (1) to efficiently guarantee communication in the new envisaged ecosystem, (2) to manage the complexity of heterogeneous devices and access technologies, and (3) to guarantee robust, ubiquitous, and secure connectivity over the urban environments.

* POSTERS/DEMOS: IEEE SECON 2015 includes poster and demonstration sessions providing a forum to present and discuss works in progress. This year we have 12 posters and 4 demos on the schedule. Also, this year IEEE SECON is running a best poster and best demo award competition. Awards will be based on the novelty and the potential of the poster/demo to drive further research.

* PATRONS: IEEE SECON 2015 organizing committee thanks the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Universita Della Calabria for their support. See more information at http://www.ieee-secon.org/patrons.html.

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Electricity generation and consumption are always considered as a ''hot topic'' for governments, economists, ecologists, and scientists. Indeed, in spite of modern power generator technologies, the energy consumption increase defines new challenges for power producers and electricity providers. Because supply and demand for electricity must balance in real-time, rapid changes in demand create operational challenges for the electric system.

The aim of the project is to solve a joint pricing and design problem of energy services in a competitive environment for residential demand side management. More precisely, the objective is twofold : generate revenue for an energy provider and encourage the customers to individually and voluntarily reduce their consumption at peak periods. A bi-level approach is considered to take explicitly into account the strategic behavior of consumers into the optimization process.

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Thesis goals

The goals of the thesis are twofold. First the student will have to define appropriate models for the problem in a monopolistic and competitive environment. A close collaboration with practitioners (Direction Economie Prix et Tarif) will be required. Next the solution algorithms will have to be developed and tested.

Skills

Optimization Background, Coding in C++ or java,

Economical knowledge will be an add value.

Environment and Timing

The thesis will start october 2015 and will take place at INRIA Lille, EDF Lab at Saclay and PGMO lab at l'Ecole Polytechnique.

For any further information feel free to contact Luce Brotcorne or Sébastien Lepaul.

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Verification of Engineered Molecular Devices and Programs (VEMDP) 2015
is a half day workshop, affiliated with the CAV 2015 conference,
dedicated to the topic of verification of engineered biological and
chemical systems. While the focus of this workshop is on biological
and chemical systems that do not occur naturally, we also encourage
submissions concerning the verification of naturally occurring systems
that have been functionally modified. These systems include, but are
not limited to:

Submissions based on previously published work are permitted. To be
considered for oral presentation, submissions should consist of a
single .pdf file containing a two page abstract that describes the
primary results and importance of the work. In addition, submissions
may optionally contain an attachment with a supporting manuscript.
Submissions should be made via the workshop's easychair site:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vemdp2015

Please direct any questions to one of the organizers.

PROCEEDINGS

Accepted abstracts will be published on the workshop website. A special
issue of Theoretical Computer Science associated with VEMDP 2015 is
planned; full papers expanding on accepted abstracts and invited talks are
encouraged and will be given special consideration.

Scope: Organizations are increasingly concerned about the privacy of
information that they manage (several people have filed lawsuits
against organizations violating the privacy of customer's data). Thus,
the management of privacy-sensitive information is very critical and
important for every organization. This poses several challenging
problems, such as how to translate the high-level business goals into
system-level privacy policies, administration of privacy-sensitive
data, privacy data integration and engineering, privacy access control
mechanisms, information-oriented security, and query execution on
privacy-sensitive data for partial answers.

Topics: The aim of this workshop is to discuss and exchange the ideas
related to privacy data management. We invite papers from researchers
and practitioners working in privacy, security, trustworthy data
systems and related areas to submit their original papers in this
workshop. The main topics, but not limited to, include:

Submission guidelines: Full papers should be at most 16
pages (using 11-point font), including the bibliography. Position
papers, as well as shoort papers, should be at most 8
pages (using 11-point font), including the bibliography. Authors
should indicate whether their paper is a position paper to
differentiate them from regular ones (just mention /position paper/
in the title). Program Committee members are not required to read
the appendices, so the paper should be intelligible without them.
All submissions must be written in English.

The submitted paper (in PDF format) should follow the template
indicated by Springer (see http://springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html).
It must start with a title, a short abstract, names and affiliations
of the authors, and a list of keywords.

All papers will be refereed. Accepted papers should be presented at
the Workshop. At least one author of each accepted paper must register
to the workshop, by the early date indicated by the organizers, and
present the paper.

As in previous editions, the proceedings are expected to be published
in a volume of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series of Springer.

Submissions by PhD students as well as controversial ideas are
encouraged. Case studies (successful or not) are also encouraged.

Additional information about paper submission and conference topics and
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One major aim of the Semantic Web is to enable a machine-processable Web of data. Hence the Semantic Web community regards the Semantic Web as extension of the traditional web. On the other hand applications of the Semantic Web rely deeply on web technologies in order to work in a distributed fashion world-wide.

The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers from these communities to address the challenges in Semantic Web and Web technologies in cooperation. We are especially interested in papers demonstrating how new technologies of the Web and Semantic Web complete each other. We also welcome papers with focus on and contribution to any of the two areas, including new approaches, techniques and applications, with substantial theoretical and empirical contributions to, and significant advancement of the state of the art of Web and/or Semantic Web.

We welcome papers on the following (incomplete) list of topics. We especially welcome papers combining the Semantic and Web Technologies worlds and having contributions in both areas.

- Juergen Umbrich, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna

- Stefan Werner, University of Lübeck

- Dimitrios Zissis, University of the Aegean

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ORGANIZATION/PC CHAIRS

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- Sven Groppe, University of Lübeck

- Paulo Rupino da Cunha, University of Coimbra

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SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

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Authors are invited to submit original papers in English including, but not limited to, the areas of interest mentioned above. All contributions must be submitted electronically in the PDF format conforming to the IEEE Conference Proceedings Format (8.5" x 11", Two-Column).

Monday, May 25, 2015

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This year, WAW will be collocated with a school on complex networks and graph models held on December 7-8, 2015 with a collaborative project day on December 9. There will be a separate announcement with additional details on the school.

WAW 2015 invites original research papers on all mathematical and algorithmic aspects of graph algorithms and graph models especially papers that espouse the view of complex data as networks.

The papers must be formatted according to Springer LNCS style. The maximum length of papers is at most 12 pages.The workshop proceedings will be published as a Springer LNCS volume. Selected papers from the workshop will be invited to a special issue of Internet Mathematics.

Paper submission deadline: July 25, 2015 Paper notifications by September 11, 2015 Camera versions due by September 25, 2015

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The International Workshop on Algorithmic Aspects of Cloud Computing (ALGOCLOUD 2015)
is an annual event co-located with ALGO 2015 (http://algo2015.upatras.gr/)
aiming to tackle the diverse new topics in the emerging area of algorithmic aspects
of computing and data management in the Cloud. The increasing adoption of cloud computing
introduces a variety of parallel and distributed algorithmic models and architectures.
To leverage elastic cloud resources, scalability has to be a fundamental architectural
design trait of new cloud databases. This challenge is manifested in new data models
("NoSQL"), replication, caching and partitioning schemes, relaxed consistency and
transaction guarantees as well as new protocols, APIs, indexing and storage services.

The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners in cloud
computing algorithms, service design and data architectures to exchange ideas and
contribute to the development of this exciting and emerging new field.

ALGOCLOUD welcomes submission of theoretical, experimental, methodological as well as
application papers. Demonstration papers and high quality survey papers are also welcome.
As such, contributions may span a wide range of Algorithms for modeling, constructing and
evaluating operations and services in a variety of systems, including (but not limited to)
virtualized Infrastructures, Cloud Platforms, Datacenters, Mobile ad-hoc networks,
Peer-to-Peer and Grid Systems, HPC architectures, etc.

ALGOCLOUD 2015 is supported by the European Union (European Social Fund - ESF) and
Greek national funds through the Operational Program "Education and Lifelong Learning"
of the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) - Research Funding Program
THALES: Investing in knowledge society through the European Social Fund.

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